EP 3794990 A1 20210324 - SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS
Title (en)
SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS
Title (de)
RAUCHERSATZVORRICHTUNG
Title (fr)
APPAREIL DE SUBSTITUTION DU TABAC
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 19198651 A 20190920
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2021053210A1] A smoking substitute apparatus for generating an aerosol, comprising: an aerosol generation chamber containing an aerosol generator being operable to generate an aerosol from an aerosol precursor, the aerosol generation chamber having a chamber outlet and at least one chamber inlet, air flowing in use from said at least one chamber inlet into the aerosol generation chamber towards the chamber outlet to entrain generated aerosol for inhalation by a user drawing on the apparatus; wherein, when the apparatus is oriented upright, said at least one chamber inlet is positioned higher than the position of the aerosol generator and configured so that substantially all of the airflow entering the aerosol generation chamber is directed away from the aerosol generator.
IPC 8 full level
A24F 40/40 (2020.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A24F 40/10 (2020.01 - US); A24F 40/40 (2020.01 - EP US); A24F 40/10 (2020.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [XI] WO 2018191766 A1 20181025 - VON ERL GMBH [AT]
- [XI] US 2019124996 A1 20190502 - QIU WEIHUA [CN]
- [A] EP 3504989 A1 20190703 - JUUL LABS UK HOLDCO LTD [GB]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 3794990 A1 20210324; EP 3930502 A1 20220105; US 2022256919 A1 20220818; WO 2021053210 A1 20210325
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 19198651 A 20190920; EP 2020076261 W 20200921; EP 20789839 A 20200921; US 202217685101 A 20220302